Stand.



E. A. BANSCHBA CH. STAND.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.23. 19w.

Patented Mar. 18, 1917.

EDWARD A. BANSGHBAGI-I, or CHICAGO, Iminvois. if

STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patentediuar. 1a, 1917.

Application filed August 23, 1915. Serial No. 46,790.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, EDWARD A. BANSGH- insert, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stands, of which the following is a description.

This invention relates to a stand and an attachment for a stand for supporting machines, such as typewriters or adding machines, so that they are accessible to an operator in a sitting posture.

The principal object of the invention, therefore, is to provide an improved stand or an attachment for existing stands, by means of which the aboveobject may be accomplished. Other objects will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of a stand constructed in accordance with the principles of my invention and used to support an adding machine; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of the stand and the machine; and Fig. 3 is a perspective'of the front support.

It is difficult to support an adding machine in such a manner that an operator can use the machine while in a sitting posture, for in the common type of stands employed in connection with such a machine, there is a support for the bottom of the stand at the front and rear, which, if suiiioiently high to allow the knees of the operator to be placed directly under the front of the machine, is so high that the operator cannot reach the rolls and operating mechanism at the back of the machine, so that up to the present time it has been almost the universal practice to provide a stand or support for the adding machine which necessitates .the user operating it in a .standing position. In places where the machine is used continuously, this becomes very tiresome, and if a properstand is provided, the machine can be operated just as well with the operator in a sitting posture. This invention relates to an attachment for the existing type of stands or an entirely new stand in which the machine is supported in such a manner that the knees of the operator are positioned at the sides of the machine, which allows the body to be close to the end of the machine, permitting the operator to reach every part of the machine for convenient manipulation and operation. i r

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the reference numeral 4 designates generally each of the two lateral supporting members of the stand which are preferably constructed of tubing, and these lateral supports are connected at the rear with a crossing bent ends 10 which are designed and adapted to be hooked over the sides of the frames 4: at the front thereof, and with a depending portion 11 which fits under the front of the machine and is of a width slightly greater than the width of the machine. A certain type of machines has a motor 12 for operating the machine, and each motor usually has an extension 13 projecting from the side and rear thereof so that in placing the machine on the stand, or removing it therefrom the machine must be carefully lifted at the rear and practically unhooked from the bar 7. In order to remove the machine from the front of the stand, it is necessary only to raise the front of the machine slightly and to slip the yoke 9 from the stand, whereupon the front of the machine may be lowered and the machine easily disconnected or disengaged from the bar 7 at the rear. In placing the machine on the stand, this operation is reversed, the machine first being hooked over the bar 7 and then the yoke 9 being placed in position. It is obvious that with the present construction, it is not necessary to raise the entire machine bodily in an upward direction and the machine can be more easily handled by sim ply raising one end at a time.

If desired, a locking device 14 may be provided for holding the yoke 9 in place on the frame by inserting it through the hooked gaging said supports to hold up the front of a machine and to leave an unobstructed space in the stand at the sides of the machine above the plane of the base thereof for the knees of an operator.

5. Ayoke for supporting the front of a machine, consisting of a depending portion for setting the machine, with lateral extensions to extend over the knees of an operator, and hooks at the extremities of the extensions bywhich the yoke is supported.

6. The combination with a machine to be supported at a distance from the floor, of .a stand therefor comprising a fixed support for the rear of the machine, and a removable support for the front of the machine which leaves an unobstructed space at each side the stand above the base of the machine, but' having a depending portion which holds the front of the machine with its base below the upper portion of the yoke leaving a space between the depending portion and eachside of the stand for the knees of an operator.

8. The combination with machine, of a supporting stand therefor comprising spaced lateral supporting members and a support for the rear of the machine, and means depending from the said members to support the front of the machine at a level bet-ow that of the said members, and to'hold the front of the machine at spaced distances from both of the members so that the knees of an operator in sitting position may be placed between the machine and said members.

, I 9. The combination with a machine supporting stand having spaced lateral supports and a rear machlnesupport, of a front supporting yoke having a depending portion,

with lateral eirtensions engaged at the extremities bythe lateral supports, and a looking device to hold each end of the yoke in engagement with the lateral support.

10. The combination in a machine supporting stand which has spaced lateral supports, of a support for the rear of the machine, and a movable front support having a depending central portion with lateral exyokes of various depths may be provided t suit different conditions and operators. 1 is also contemplated that the rear bar 7 ma be dispensed with, simply using two or mor yokes 9 to support the machine, or the yoke may be made continuous or in sections fo the same purpose.

It is obvious, of course, that the appli cants yoke may be used as an attachmen for existing stands, the only necessity bein that the side supports be spaced apart a sui ficient distance to permit the knees of an op erator to be placed between the machine an the side supports, and in this connection i should he noted that the yokes 9 may b of various widths to support various size of machines and to be applicable to variou widths of stands, the main object being t provide a support for the front of the ma chine which will not obstruct the knees 0 an operator in any way, so that the operato can move close to the front of the machin for manipulating the machine while in sitting posture.

It is obvious that the same result may b accomplished by fastening extending mem bers to the front of the machine, or by sup porting the front of the machine from be neath by bars or a sub-base construction. 1 cross bar may also be used to connect th two lateral supports 4: at the front with de pending members or connections, to engag and support the front of the machinr These modifications, however, are believed t be within the scope of the present inventio; and it is thought unnecessary to specificall; illustrate them.

I claim:

1. The combination of a machine stanc and a yoke-shaped support having side on tensions with hooks at the extremities whic engage over the side rails of thestand leav ing a space between the side rails and th yoke for the knees of a user and for spacin, and holding the side rails of the stand i spaced position.

2. In a machine-supporting stand, a sup porting yoke having a depending portion t seat the machine and lateral extending por tions to provide an unobstructed space below the extending portion at the sides of the de pending portion above the lower level there of for the knees of on operator.

The combination with a machine to b supported, of a stand therefor having space; lateral supports, and a front support th machine having extremities which enga g the supports and an intermediate depending portion to seat the machine, leaving a spac at each side of the depending portion be tween the machine and the lateral supper above the plane of the base of the machin for inserting the knees of an operator.

4:. The combination of a stand having up right lateral spaced supports, and a yoke en pending portion into which the front of the machine is placed, and lateral extensions with hooks at the extremities which are placed over the lateral supports, the extensions being of sufiicient width so that the knees of a user may be placed between the machine and the lateral supports, and a fastening device to connect each hooked extremity with the lateral support which it engages.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 10 name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 21st day of August A. D. 1915.

EDWARD A. BANSCHBACH.

Witnesses:

THOs. C0LsoN, LEONARD L. HARRISON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iatents. Washington, I). G. 

